Samba problem

[O. Sinclair]

Donatas G. wrote:
> antradienis 22 gegužė 2007, Derek Broughton rašė:
>> Donatas G. wrote:
>>> By the way, I can see the workgroup by using smb4k package, I can also
>>> see the two clients, but strange thing: one of the hostnames is bound to
>>> an IP address that is not a lan ip, but that I see in ifconfig output,
>>> like this:
>>>
>>>
>>> eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:18:F3:2E:AD:F1
>> That's the #$%^ avahi-daemon, which I can't manage to turn off.  It's
>> especially annoying since that _isn't_ the interface name - it's actually
>> eth0:avahi!  If anybody could explain how to get this crap permanently off
>> my system without losing network-manager, I'd appreciate it.
>> Alternatively, some explanation of why I need it would help, but as far as
>> I can tell it serves no useful purpose but to expose parts of my system to
>> the LAN (and possibly the Internet) that neither need to be or should be
>> exposed.
> 
> I have tested my laptop on another network in which smb:/ used to show the 
> workgroups. It does no longer. 
> 
> Since smb4k and smbclient do show network groups, I conclude that I have a 
> problem with smb:/ kio plugin.
> 
> Could someone confirm it is not working properly?
typing smb:/ in Konqueror and then hitting Enter shows smb networks for 
me. Am not using smb4k

Sinclair